Timeline

The Unofficial DCAU Timeline

Listed in order of earliest to future dates:

The Big Bang: The Great Hand cultivates the Big Bang. Out of this is born that is eternal, that which is all and beyond all, the Source. This point in time is referred to as the First World. Soon after the Voice is created and speaks the Word. The Great Hand, the Voice and the Word are all related to that of Yaweh, the Creator. Soon after the eternal forces of Order and Chaos are created.

Source: The History of the DCU.

18,000,000,000 B.C.: At the center of the universe, the Godworld forms out of native elements.

Source: The History of the DCU.

17,000,000,000 B.C.: Life appears on Godworld, this time is referred to as the Second World.

Source: The History of the DCU.

5,000,000 B.C.: The Old Gods annihilate themselves in a war that shatters their planet in two. The planet's destruction results in the formation of a wave of cosmic energy called the Godwave. This wave traverses the universe for thousands of years. It leaves a fragment of itself wherever it touches and seeds the creation of other gods.

Source: The History of the DCU and the subject is briefly touched upon on JLU's "Destroyer".

4.8,000,000 B.C.: New Genesis and Apokolips are formed from the Old Gods' planet. New Genesis is the world of light and was created from the power of the god, Balduur. Apokolips is the world of darkness and was created from the power of an evil sorceress.

1920's A.D.: Cyrus Gold is betrayed and murdered by his criminal associates. His corpse is cursed and dumped in Slaughter Swamp. The curse and the swamp's magical properties reanimate Gold and he emerges decades later.

Source: The event is recounted by a spell of revelation cast by Dr. Fate on JL's "The Terror Beyond" Part One. The cars in Gold's memory closely resemble Jazz Era automobiles.

1933 A.D.: Arkady Du Vall is released from prison.

Source: In BTAS' "Showdown", It is stated Du Vall served a 50 year sentence after being caught.

February 11, 1944 A.D.: Spy Smasher delivers the Project Captain Nazi serum to the U.S. government. The Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) files a formal request the serum undergo further testing at a secure U.S. facility.

1965 A.D.: Months later, Jor-El concludes his research about Krypton's impending destruction and shares it with the ruling council. Brainiac dismisses it. The council is angered when Jor-El warns them of their dependence on technology and after he proposes they temporarily hold the entire population in the Phantom Zone until a relocation is completed. The proposal is turned down. Jor-El discovers Brainiac was lying and preparing for its own departure. He flees police forces and returns home to launch Kal-El into space. Krypton implodes soon after.

Source: This event is mentioned on JLU's "I am Legion". Chuck Sirianni states it happened over 30 years ago. Also of note, several eras of Blackhawk Squadron uniforms are displayed in the Blackhawk Victory Museum, including the 70s version.

1972 A.D.: Soul Power retires.

Source: On SS's "Blast From the Past", Soul Power states states it's been 30 years since he used the Power Pad and calculated from time of encounter with Static.

Late 1970's A.D.: John Stewart and Rex Mason become good friends while serving with the US Marine Corps.

Source: On JL's "Metamorphosis", this event is referred to. The date is based on Stewart's present age of 40 and a reference that he grew up during the Cold War on JL's "A Better World" (though by the Lords' version, it still holds they are of the same age).

1978 A.D.: Bruce Wayne-Age 14-begins his travel abroad.

Source: Taken from DC Comics canon.

1979 A.D.: Clark Kent-Age 14-meets Brainiac and the Legion of Superheroes but soon forgets. Soon after, Kent discovers his heritage after saving a family from a traffic accident. Jonathan and Martha Kent show him his space ship. He activates a recording of his birth parents. He runs off in anger but is elated to discover he can fly.

1992 A.D.: Clark Kent is hired by the Daily Planet as a reporter for the city desk. Lois Lane isn't happy to be assigned to show Kent around for a few days. Lane attempts to lose him but discovers he's already at the unveiling of Lex Luthor's Lexo-Skel Suit 5000, their first joint assignment. A group of mercenaries try to steal the suit but a new hero intervenes in a suit and cape. The leader shoots a plane, forcing the hero to save it.

1992 A.D.: Lois Lane dubs the mysterious hero "Superman." Kent returns to Smallville to talk to his parents. He decides to have an interview with Lane as Superman. Kent and Lane begin to suspect Luthor was part of his suit's theft and discover his link to Kaznia, a rogue nation. Lane is captured about a Kaznian tanker by an attache named John Corben. Superman rescues Lane and destroys the suit. Corben is arrested by police. Superman informs Luthor he will be watching.

January 1997 A.D.: 45 minutes after being rendered unconscious, Batman meets with Jason Blood for help. Together, they defeat Ra's al Ghul and banishes Haahk back to hell.

Source: On BTAS' "Demons", the event happens. The timestamp states "Forty Five Minutes Later." Placement is conjecture but due to the inclusion of Talia, it must occur between BTAS' "Avatar" and TNBA' "The Demon Within", when Jason Blood and Bruce Wayne alread know each other.

1999 A.D.: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy break into a vault to steal diamonds. Ivy gets irritated with Harley and orders her to be quiet. Harley is unable to warn her about the police. They are arrested.

Source: On GG's "The Vault", the event happens. Placement in timeline is conjecture.

1999 A.D.: Batgirl chases after Catwoman for the theft of the Jade Cat. Its powers changes Batgirl into a cat, saving her from falling to certain death. Catwoman takes the cat home. Batgirl changes back and arrests her.

Source: On GG's "Lap Bat", the event happens. Placement in timeline is conjecture.

1999 A.D.: Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Catwoman reside in a holding cell. Harley gets bored and irritated Ivy into telling her a story. Ivy tells her own version of the Three Bears. Batgirl enjoys it and mocks them outside their cell.

1999 A.D.: Harley Quinn returns to Poison Ivy's home at 1:43 pm but sees a note revealing Ivy is gone for a few days. While watering plants, Harley is pricked by the Mimmita. Harley is overrun with tiny plant clones of herself. They eventually reach a truce and watch TV.

1999 A.D.: Lady-X goes on a crime spree and copies the M.O. of various villains like kidnapping the Mayor's wife with a pie, lighting a forest on fire, and stealing the Cat's Eye Opal.

Source: On GG's "Lady-X", the event happens. Placement in timeline is conjecture. Catwoman states the Cat's Eye Opal was taken last week.

1999 A.D.: The week after Lady-X's crime spree starts, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman ally to take Lady-X down. Batgirl follows them up the Tower Top Gym. They pursue Lady-X from the steam room to the weight room. Batgirl teams up with the villains to bury Lady-X under weights.

Source: On GG's "Lady-X", the event happens. Placement in timeline is conjecture.

1999 A.D.: Catwoman and Zatanna team up to save a tiger from Rex Larson.

Winter 1999 A.D.: On a Tuesday, at around 6:40, Detective Reesdale enters the Special Crimes Dangerous Evidence Vault and encounters Catwoman. Dora uses one of Mr. Freeze's weapons to teleport every male in Gotham City to an alternate dimension. Batgirl chases Catwoman in a taxi then breaks off to go after Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, who attempt to stage a break out at Arkham Asylum.

Source: On GG's "Ms.-ing in Action", the event happens. Placement in timeline is conjecture. Snowflakes start falling. In "A Cat in the Hand," it is stated the break in was on Tuesday. In "Gotham in Blue", Catwoman and Batgirl see Reesedale's message cuts off at 6:40 pm.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Catwoman is blamed for Detective Reesedale's disappearance. The Acting Mayor and Detective Montoya ask Batgirl for her help but Acting Commissioner Greenway refuses to let her. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy break into the Special Crimes Dangerous Evidence Vault.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Dora finds Batgirl in Commissioner Gordon's office. She gives her access to Gordon's I.D. card. Catwoman goes to Detective Reesedale's apartment to feed her cat. Batgirl later arrives. They team up and find Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy at a monastery. Harley uses a gun and reverses the polarity, returning all men to Gotham City.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Detective Montoya captures Catwoman and she is charged for Detective Reesedale's disappearance. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy try to intercept her transport but they are ambushed by rogue police. Batgirl saves their lives.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Batgirl protests the new hardline stance on supervillains but Commissioner Gordon has changed his stance as well. Batgirl frees Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman from Stonegate Penitentiary out of concern for their safety. Detective Montoya confronts Batgirl in the sewers.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Batgirl is declared Public Enemy Number #1. A city task force cracks down on crime. Rogue cops try to blow up Catwoman at the Jewelry Exchange but she flees in the South Alley. She hides in a delivery truck but is locked inside. The same officer captures Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy at Eco-Warriors. Batgirl reveals she was posing as an officer.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Detective Montoya protests the rogue officers to Commissioner Gordon. Batgirl is sighted on the North Side then the Gotham Park Greenhouse far out west then at the South Side Pier. They discover Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn were each posing as Batgirl. Barbara Gordon enters the Gotham City Police Department, goes to her father's office for his I.D. card then heads to the Special Crimes Evidence Vault.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Detective Reesedale finds Barbara Gordon at the entrance to the Special Crimes Evidence Vault. Reesedale gives her a tour. She explains Commissioner Gordon suspects Batgirl's connection to Mr. Freeze's weapon because of evidence he is keeping classified. She confronts her father on the roof and attacks him with Batarangs.

Winter 1999 A.D.: Commissioner Gordon falls onto the Batsignal. Detective Montoya arrives and is horrified but Batgirl shows her Commissioner Gordon was replaced with a robot made from Mr. Freeze's technology. They realize Dora was Nora Fries' sister and track an order to Gotham Ice Cream Industries at 333 Coldwater Road. Dora suits up and freezes Montoya's car. Batgirl bolas her and claims Mr. Freeze saved Nora's life and Dora is just like him. The real Gordon is inadvertently thawed out from a cryogenic chamber. Dora flips out and falls into a vat of chemicals. Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy escape from the police. Dora is placed in a cryogenic chamber at Arkham Asylum.

Early 2000 A.D.: Green Lantern is fooled into thinking he destroyed a planet belonging to the Ajuris chain. The Justice League uncovers a plot by the Manhunters to retake power from the Guardians of the Universe.

Early 2000 A.D.: Lex Luthor is incriminated in a smuggling operation and discovers he has terminal cancer. Luthor escapes and attempts to destroy the Justice League by gathering several super villains together.

2001 A.D.: The Justice Lords try to replace the Justice League and assert their totalitarian methods on Earth. Their powers are neutralized by Luthor, who recieves a full pardon for complying with Superman.

2002 A.D.: The Thanagarians arrive on Earth. They manipulate a Gordanian vessel to interrupt a conference and destroy it in order to earn the trust of Earth's governments. Hawkgirl is revealed to be a lieutenant in the Thanagarian military sent as an advance scout. Their commander and Hawkgirl's fiancee, Hro Talak, lies about Earth being targeted by the Gordanians and offers help in constructing a planetary defense shield. Batman is suspicious. The Thanagarians captures the Justice League and occupies Earth.

2002 A.D.: The Justice League escapes their prison and flees to Metropolis. Batman reveals his, Flash, and Superman' s secret identities. They split up and make their way to Wayne Manor 30 miles away. Lieutenant Hol discovers Hro Talak actually built a hyperspace bypass generator to generate wormholes in order to directly attack the Gordanian homeworld and each planet containing a generator will be sacrificed. She goes to the Batcave and hands over data on the plan then leaves, unaware she was bugged. Talak has her arrested for treason and sends a squad to the Batcave. They take down Kragger's team and J'onn Jonzz forces his telepathy onto Kragger to learn how to pilot his ship.

2002 A.D.: Batman, Flash, and J'onn retake the Watchtower while Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern attack the command ship to turn off the hyperspace bypass generator's force field. Green Lantern loses to Hro Talak but Shayera Hol helps defeat him. They turn off the field. Batman pilots the Watchtower on a collision course with the generator. Superman rescues him. Talak calls off his forces. The Justice League holds a vote at Wayne Manor to decide if Shayera Hol stays on the team or not. She resigns before learning what the decision is. J'onn and Superman state it's their duty to rebuild the League. Outside, Hol tells John Stewart she does love him and flies away. Stewart replies he loves her, too.

Summer 2003 A.D.: The Question discovers Cadmus' secrets and tries to assassinate Lex Luthor. Weeks later, the JLU extracts him from a New Mexico Cadmus compound. Lex Luthor hacks the Watchtower and fires their cannon onto New Mexico. As Cadmus and the JLU square off, he completes a second AMAZO body to inhabit. Amanda Waller stops him and the JLU confronts a dormant Brainiac.

2003 A.D.: On the day before the grand opening of the Flash Museum, Captain Boomerang returns to Central City upon being discharged from Task Force X. He, Mirror Master, Captain Cold, and the Trickster ally together to kill the Flash.

Source: This event occurs on JLU's "Flash and Substance". The newspaper Mirror Master throws down has a headline mentioning the grand opening is the next day.

2003 A.D.: On a weekday at 5 P.M., the Flash encounters Batman and Orion while strapped to a giant boomerang.

Source: This event occurs on JLU's "Flash and Substance". On the Watchtower, Flash states to Batman the grand opening starts at 6 pm. Upon sighting Batman and Orion, Flash says the opening is not for another hour.

2003 A.D.: Some time after 6 P.M., on Flash Appreciation Day, the opening of the Flash Museum is crashed by several of the Flash's enemies.

Source: This event occurs on JLU's "Flash and Substance". On the Watchtower, Flash states to Batman the grand opening starts at 6 pm. After receiving the key to the city, the Flash mentions his promise to help someone paint on Saturday and play mini golf with another citizen on Sunday.

2003 A.D.: Grodd unveils his master plan to transform the human race into apes. He is ursurped by Lex Luthor for leadership of the Legion of Doom.

2004 A.D.: Darkseid is resurrected by the Legion of Doom. Shortly after, the JLU and Legion of Doom fight off a third invasion by the forces of Apokolips. Lex Luthor and Darkseid disappear in the aftermath.

2004 A.D.: The Joker attempts his final plan to kill Batman. He kidnaps Robin and subjects him to torture and experimentation for three weeks. Robin kills the Joker with a prop gun. The Joker is buried beneath Arkham Asylum.

2005 A.D.: Dr. Leslie Thompkins clears Tim Drake after a year of rehabilitation. Batman, however, forbids Drake from becoming Robin again. Drake operates on his own. Some failed attempts are made to repair the relationship.

Source: On Batman Beyond's "Ace in the Hole", this event is revealed. During the flashback, Wayne is on his annual December visit to Crime Alley. The year is based on Ace's similar appearance to the present Beyond time frame.

Source: On Batman Beyond's "Unmasked", this event is recalled. This holds valid, on "Plague", when Kobra first appears, Agent Bennett cuts off Batman after he mentions Kobra, implying that Batman had previously met the organization.

Summer 2054 A.D.: David Clinton loses his tenure. Clinton loses his sanity and perfects his Chronos belt. History is rewritten and restored when Batman traps him in a time loop.

Source: On JLU's "The Once and Future Thing", this event happens. Tenure is usually decided after the end of the collegiate semester. The year is based off of Static's comment that he was 65 years old, 50 years older than what the time traveling JLU knew Static to be.

August 2054 A.D.: Bruce Wayne takes Terry McGinnis on an extensive tour of the Batcave. One item of interest encountered is a prototype Batsuit. Inque is freed from cyrostasis.